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WASHING MACHINE.

No., 279.691. Patented June 19, 1883.

WITNESSES [1v VENTO/i g M xmwew UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES BEIDLER, OF ALLENIOWN,

PA., ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO CHARLES S. EHRIG AND JOHN J. EGGE, BOTHOF SAME PLACE.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,691, dated June 19,1883.

Application filed March 26, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES BEIDLER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Allentown, Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain Improvements in Washing Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class of washing-machinesin which avibrating horizontal arm in the tub carries projecting dashersfor agitating the water and clothes in the tub as the arm is vibrated,the object of my invention being 'to so construct said dashers that athorough agitation of the water will be efiected and the passage of saidwater into and through the mass of clothes in the tub insured.

- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of awashing-machine of the character to which my invention relates; Fig. 2,an enlarged view of one of the dashers, and Fig. 3 a sectional plan viewof the same.

In Fig. 1, A represents the tub or vessel for holding the clothes, and Bthe cover of the same, in which is a bearing for the vertical spindle aof the dasher-arm D, said arm being contained within the tub, and theupper end of the spindle having a pinion, b, into which gears abevel-wheel, d, on a shaft, e, the latter having its bearing in abracket, f, on the lid B, and the wheel being furnished with anoperating arm or handle, 9, by the vibration of which a vibratingmovement will be imparted to the arm D. Near eachend of the latter, andprojecting downward into the tub, is a dasher, F; and it is to thepeculiar construction of these dashers that my invention relates, theother parts of the machine having been heretoi'ore used. Each dasherconsists of a hollow casing of sheet metal open at the bottom, andpreferably of the diamond shape shown in cross-section, so that itpresents an angle to the contents of the tub when moved in eitherdirection. In each side of the dasher are formed openings on, incisionsbeing made in ing, finally,

the metal around three sides of each opening,

and the metal being then bent inward, so as to form wings a, as shown inFig. 3. As the dasher is moved within the tub the water enters theopenings m, and is deflected by the wings n toward the center of thedasher, escapfrom the bottom of the dasher in a forcible stream, one setof wings operating as the dasher is moving in one direction and theother set when the dasher is moving in the opposite direction, so thatthe stream of water and suds discharged from the bottom of the dasher iscontinuous, and is projected forcibly into and through the mass ofclothes in the bottom of the tub, said mass being continually 6o stirredup and turned over by the action of the dashers, so that all portions ofthe mass are necessarily subjected to the cleansing action of the water.

In order to prevent the stream of water deflected by one wing at fromstriking and breaking the force of the stream deflected by the oppositewing or. on the same side of the dasher,

I provide the latter with a central partition,

1), as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, this partition eX- tending to the bottomof the dasher and serving to aid in giving the proper direction to thecurrentsof water entering the openings on.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the arm D, having hollowdashers F, open at the bottom, and provided with openings m anddeflectingwingsn, with the tub A and means for supporting and vibratingthe arm within said tub, as set forth.

2. The combination of the arm D, having 8c hollow dashers F,open at thebottom, and each provided with openings m, deflectors n, and partition12, with the tub A and means for supporting and vibrating the arm withinsaid tub, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES BEIDLER.

